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Hi everyone! Cassie here- your Guest Designer this Friday! You might know me from my blog, Glue Meets Paper, and I'm so excited to be here. I've been a fan of Monique's ever since I started scrapbooking years and years ago :)

For this month Monique and Wendy asked us to center our projects around Breast Cancer Awareness and our Cricut. I was pretty excited to have an excuse to use some pink, I have a little boy so I never get to pull out the pretty floral papers :P

For this first layout I used the Emma's Shoppe collection by Crate Paper (does anyone else love Crate Paper as much as I do? That might be impossible...)

And of course I have to use up all my scraps so I decided to make a matching card with my leftovers. Whenever I make Cricut cuts I usually cut a few more than I expect to need, this way I have extra's if I change my layout design or want to make a cute matching card afterwards. I really wanted to do up the details with this card so I did a lot of layering using my die cuts and some phrase stickers, ribbon, and brads from the Emma's Shoppe collection by Crate Paper. I just love the scallop circles in the Mini Monograms cart, they make the perfect banner when you cut 'em in half :)

So I thought I was done but I didn't want to give up my foray into pink quite that quickly so I decided I had to do one more layout! I kept this one simple and used my Cricut to create the background elements for my page and then to balance the right hand side I added a few fun elements in the upper lefthand corner. And of course I had to finish with some bling for Wendy ;)

I love the hope and courage cards. I think we all have family, friends, etc, that have been touched with cancer. Love them all. Love the tote that is being given away. Have my scrapbook stuff in totes like those so it will fit in nicely with what I already have!

About Me

Monique Griffith

Rocklin, CA, United States

The Monique Griffith Design Team consists of 4 Cricut Designers: Monique, Wendy Lawrence, Susan Rees and Becca Rees. We specialize in making Cricut Project Kits that you can make on your own with your Cricut, learning more about your bug in the process. You just need your Cricut Expression, the required cartridge(s), and a few basic tools. The directions come with a Cricut Cut Chart that shows you line by line exactly what you'll need to cut on your machine, with all of the settings for each cut. There are also well-organized written instructions and color photographs. We pride ourselves on our detailed designs, and on teaching others how to most effectively design with the Cricut. Currently, we have have downloadable directions on sale for only $5, and there are over 50 projects to choose from.